CLINT EASTWOOD
is the producer and director of "True Crime," which
is his 21st film as a director and his 12th film as a producer.

Eastwood, through his Malpaso Productions, directed his first
film, "Play Misty For Me," in 1971. Since then he has
also directed "High Plains Drifter," "Breezy,"
"The Eiger Sanction," "The Outlaw Josey Wales,"
"The Gauntlet," "Bronco Billy," "Firefox,"
"Honkeytonk Man," "Sudden Impact," "Pale
Rider," "Heartbreak Ridge," "Bird," "White
Hunter, Black Heart," "The Bridges of Madison County,"
"Absolute Power" and "Midnight In The Garden of
Good and Evil."

Long acknowledged for his visual sense, his pacing, and the production
value he brings to a film as director, Eastwood has also appeared
in every film he has produced and directed, save "Breezy,"
"Bird" and "Midnight in the Garden of Good and
Evil."

Eastwood's diverse abilities have brought him international stature,
box-office success and numerous Motion Picture Academy Awards
and nominations. His revisionist Western, "Unforgiven,"
was nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best
Supporting Actor, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematographer, Best
Production Design, and Best Editor, and won Oscars for Best Picture,
Best Director, Best Supporting Actor (Gene Hackman) and Best Editor
(Joel Cox).

Eastwood's "Bird" won a Best Sound Oscar (and a Best
Director Golden Globe), while his adaptation of "The Bridges
of Madison County" earned Meryl Streep a Best Actress nomination.

In 1995 Eastwood was given one of the most highly regarded awards
in the motion picture industry, the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial
Award, for his accomplishments in film as an actor, director,
and producer.